var Cookie = {
   set : function(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure) {
      // set time, it's in milliseconds
      var today = new Date();
      today.setTime(today.getTime());
   
      /*
       * if the expires variable is set, make the correct expires time, the
       * current script below will set it for x number of days, to make it for
       * hours, delete * 24, for minutes, delete * 60 * 24
       */
      if (expires) {
         expires = expires * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
      }
      var expires_date = new Date(today.getTime() + (expires));
   
      document.cookie = name + "=" + escape(value)
            + ((expires) ? ";expires=" + expires_date.toGMTString() : "")
            + ((path) ? ";path=" + path : "")
            + ((domain) ? ";domain=" + domain : "") + ((secure) ? ";secure" : "");
   },

   get: function(check_name) {
      // first we'll split this cookie up into name/value pairs
      //    note: document.cookie only returns name=value, not the other components
      var a_all_cookies = document.cookie.split( ';' );
      var a_temp_cookie = '';
      var cookie_name = '';
      var cookie_value = '';
      var b_cookie_found = false; // set boolean t/f default f

      for (var i = 0; i < a_all_cookies.length; i++ )
      {
         // now we'll split apart each name=value pair
         a_temp_cookie = a_all_cookies[i].split( '=' );


         // and trim left/right whitespace while we're at it
         cookie_name = a_temp_cookie[0].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');

         // if the extracted name matches passed check_name
         if ( cookie_name == check_name )
         {
            b_cookie_found = true;
            // we need to handle case where cookie has no value but exists (no = sign,
            // that is):
            if ( a_temp_cookie.length > 1 )
            {
               cookie_value = unescape( a_temp_cookie[1].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '') );
            }
            // note that in cases where cookie is initialized but no value, null is returned
            return cookie_value;
            break;
         }
         a_temp_cookie = null;
         cookie_name = '';
      };
      if(!b_cookie_found) {
         return null;
      }
   },
   
   del: function(name, path, domain) {
      if(!Cookie.get(name)) {
         return false;
      };
      document.cookie = name + "=" +
         ((path)? ";path=" + path : "") +
         ((domain)? ";domain=" + domain : "") +
         ";expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT";
      return true;
   }
};